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'Bill of the Month': The series that dissects and slashes medical bills

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 04:00

Since 2018, readers and listeners sent KFF Health News-NPR's "Bill of the Month" thousands of questionable bills. Our crowdsourced investigation paved the way for landmark legislation and highlighted cost-saving strategies for all patients

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Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 04:00

An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

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Trump is all about tariffs as he leads a party that used to be all about free trade

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 04:00

Once upon a time, Republicans spoke of free trade in glowing terms. With his constant threats of tariffs and a history of implementing them, President-elect Donald Trump has flipped that on its head.

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NPR's most-read stories of 2024 include a scam-fighter and zombie second mortgages

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 04:00

How can you outsmart scammers? What would you do if your friend was attacked by a wild cougar? NPR readers wanted to know the answers to those questions and more in 2024.

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Big Health Care is ending a terrible year. Is anyone happy with this business?

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 04:00

Patients are protesting, bipartisan lawmakers are threatening regulation – and investors are selling their shares. 

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Trump's reelection victory pushes some LGTBQ Minneapolis residents to safety training

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 04:00

For some marginalized communities the second Trump term is fraught with fears over personal safety. In Minneapolis, one organization is helping with de-escalation services and gun training.

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Snow, ice and strong winds make for dangerous conditions in upper Midwest

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 00:39

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for large areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas, where some interstates were snow-covered and treacherous.

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California man allegedly messaged Madison school shooter about plans ahead of attack

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 18:08

New information has emerged in the investigation into a school shooting at a small Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, though authorities are still searching for a motive.

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Examining The Biden Administration's International Legacy

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 16:53

The outgoing U.S. national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, has been a top advisor and envoy to President Biden on issues of foreign policy. He talks to NPR about his view of recent events in the Middle East, the U.S. relationship with China and the future of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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How Netanyahu survived another tumultuous year

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 16:18

At the start of this year Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was facing a crisis. Just a few months before, Hamas had breached Israel's border with Gaza, killing some 1200 people in Israel on October 7th.

As the year ends, Netanyahu is spending some of it in a courtroom to fight corruption charges that have dogged him since 2019. The Israeli Prime Minister has called the charges absurd.

You might think that would be detrimental to his political career, but instead Netanyahu looks stronger than he has since the war began.

This — despite that trial, an international arrest warrant and a grinding war.

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Trump's promise to end CBP One app worries migrants waiting in Mexico

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 15:58

Incoming president Donald Trump has vowed to end the CBP One app, which people outside the U.S. use to book appointments to petition for asylum.

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Mangione faces federal murder and stalking charges over UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 15:43

A new federal charging document reveals that the suspect in CEO Brian Thompson's shooting death was found in possession of a notebook containing hostile writings about the health insurance industry.

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How will Australia's under-16 social media ban work? We asked the law's enforcer

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 15:39

Australia's top online internet regulator explains how the nation plans to roll out the world's first social media ban for kids under 16.

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Federal regulators prohibit drone flights in dozens of locations across New Jersey

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 14:46

The Federal Aviation Administration is temporarily barring drone flights over critical infrastructure at 22 locations in New Jersey amid mounting concerns about a flurry of reported drone sightings.

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Who can say it's healthy? The FDA has a new definition for food labels

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 14:29

At a time when more than half the American diet comes from processed, packaged foods, the FDA has new rules aimed at helping people make healthier choices in the grocery store.

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The popular 'hospital-at-home' effort is at stake in the federal spending battle

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 14:11

Started during the pandemic, hundreds of hospitals in 39 states deliver acute inpatient care in people's homes. The popular program had a five-year extension in a stopgap spending agreement that is now in doubt.

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Five Fingers Crush The Land from NPR's Throughline

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 13:24

As NPR correspondent Emily Feng reported in our three-part series "The Black Gate," hundreds of thousands of Uyghur people have been detained in China. They've been subjected to torture, forced labor, religious restrictions, and even forced sterilization. In this episode from 2021, our colleagues at the history podcast Throughline explore who the Uyghur people are, their land, their customs, their music and how they've become such a target in China today. To listen to this series sponsor-free and support NPR, sign up for Embedded+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

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Like old times: Trump sends Congress scrambling to avoid a shutdown

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 10:56

President-elect Donald Trump and his newest top-lieutenant, Elon Musk, have sent Washington scrambling to avoid a government shutdown, even before Trump takes office.

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Georgia court blocks Fulton DA Willis from Trump election interference case

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:49

A court ruled that Fulton County DA Fani Willis and her office can't continue prosecuting the Georgia election interference case involving Donald Trump — the last active prosecution against Trump.

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Georgia appeals court blocks Fulton DA Willis from election interference case

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:49

Fulton County DA Fani Willis and her office can't continue prosecuting the Georgia election interference case involving Donald Trump — the last remaining criminal charges against the president-elect.

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